Look at our diverse cast
They say,
Print it in big bold letter
On the posters
They hang everywhere
We’ve got a black character,
The poster declares
And a queer one too,
And here’s the catch -
They don’t die within the first
15 minutes of the film
Look at our diverse cast
How we’re being all-inclusive
And somewhere across America
People are working over-time, teens
Hiding the money under their bed
Because maybe
maybe
They have finally been seen
And wouldn’t they be fools,
To pass up the opportunity to see?
Look at our diverse cast,
How we follow the trend
And somewhere else
People are cheering
And jumping with victory,
Feeling like they’ve won a race and
They’ve been running for a long time,
But finally they can rest
Because finally
Finally
They can relate
And then the movie comes
Everyone has heard of it
It’s new, the critics say,
Refreshing, unlike anything else out there
Adults, and kids, alike
They go to see
And what is it that is depicted on the screen?
Nothing but carbon copies
The same stereotypes,
Copied and pasted
Over and over
They’ve got no personality
Hello, the character mechanically says
Hello, I am gay
Hello, I am black,
There’s nothing you need to know
About me but that
This isn’t right
This isn’t right
This isn’t right
They think,
As they leave the movie theater.
This isn’t what I am.
And will I ever see myself in them?
And then a thought crosses their mind
Am I the one who’s
Really wrong?
Is that what I should be like?
Am I the one who needs to
Fix, to be fixed?
How dare you
Act like you’ve given them a feast?
How dare you
Tell them to be happy with what they’ve got?
How dare you
Tell them you’re being all-inclusive,
When the catch is
Those characters don’t die
In the first 15 minutes,
They die in the last five.